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FHA Approves
Linwood Apt.
Project Sale
Final approval py the Feder-al
Housing Administration of
the sale of the 20-acre Linwood
A p a r t m e n t project to the
Shreveport branch of the Loui-siana
State University Medical
School has been received.
Final approval of the sale, for
an undisclosed sum, was an-nounced
today by Sen. Russell
B. Long, Sen. Allen J. Ellender
and Rep. Joe D. Waggonner Jr.
THE CONGRESSMEN said
the cost to the school for the
facilities would be "mimimal."
The 296-unit apartment pro-ject,
built in 1951 for $2 million,
will be used by the medical
school to house married interns
and their families. At a later
date, the apartments will be
torn down and the school will
build a complex of buildings to
house medical school students.
The FHA has been renting
the apartments after foreclos-ing
on the mortgage on the
project.
BUILDINGS IN THE apart-ment
project all are two-story,
with four to 12 units in each
building. Most of the apart-ments
have two bedrooms and
some have refrigerators and
stoves.
The apartments have tile and
oak floors, with windows locat-ed
to provide a maximum of
ventilation and light. The build-ings
are finished in white and
pastel shades.
Offstreet parking is provided
for each apartment.

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FHA Approves
Linwood Apt.
Project Sale
Final approval py the Feder-al
Housing Administration of
the sale of the 20-acre Linwood
A p a r t m e n t project to the
Shreveport branch of the Loui-siana
State University Medical
School has been received.
Final approval of the sale, for
an undisclosed sum, was an-nounced
today by Sen. Russell
B. Long, Sen. Allen J. Ellender
and Rep. Joe D. Waggonner Jr.
THE CONGRESSMEN said
the cost to the school for the
facilities would be "mimimal."
The 296-unit apartment pro-ject,
built in 1951 for $2 million,
will be used by the medical
school to house married interns
and their families. At a later
date, the apartments will be
torn down and the school will
build a complex of buildings to
house medical school students.
The FHA has been renting
the apartments after foreclos-ing
on the mortgage on the
project.
BUILDINGS IN THE apart-ment
project all are two-story,
with four to 12 units in each
building. Most of the apart-ments
have two bedrooms and
some have refrigerators and
stoves.
The apartments have tile and
oak floors, with windows locat-ed
to provide a maximum of
ventilation and light. The build-ings
are finished in white and
pastel shades.
Offstreet parking is provided
for each apartment.